republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-572.md

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Bill	Wilcox County; Board of Commissioners; change description of districts	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Wilcox County, approved March 24, 1939 (Ga. L. 1939, p. 782), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 25, 2002 (Ga. L. 2002, p. 4958), so as to change the description of the commissioner districts; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for continuation in office for current members; to provide for the submission of this Act for preclearance pursuant to Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 572	Georgia HB 572 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Buddy Harden	2	13	1	2013-03-11	2013-05-06	openstates	ocd-bill/f205f591-85da-4a83-84a5-039096d860e7	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	0d6930b548f37665e7c59e3fb70a1106884c37c47ca90c64169add53e8fcdd87	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 572 (2013_14) — Wilcox County; Board of Commissioners; change description of districts

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Wilcox County, approved March 24, 1939 (Ga. L. 1939, p. 782), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 25, 2002 (Ga. L. 2002, p. 4958), so as to change the description of the commissioner districts; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for continuation in office for current members; to provide for the submission of this Act for preclearance pursuant to Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. HB 572/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 28 6695/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar — 144–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Buddy Harden — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2013-03-11 House Hopper
• 2013-03-12 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-03-13 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-03-20 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-20 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-03-20 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-03-21 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-03-25 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-25 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-04-02 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-05-06 Act 137 executive-signature
• 2013-05-06 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f205f591-85da-4a83-84a5-039096d860e7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).